Word: plain
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...pattern is familiar to many of us, my friends. We all know it is how fascist governments behave, and we all remember only too well what the cost can be in giving in to fascism. We do not seek a solution by force . . . But this I must make plain: we cannot agree that an act of plunder which threatens the livelihood of many nations shall be allowed to succeed...
...grill of Chicago's Democrat-bulged Sheraton-Blackstone Hotel. Dining together are Kentucky's blackhorse presidential candidate, guffaw-prone Governor Albert B. ("Be lucky, go Happy!") Chandler, and Chicago's weighty Democratic Boss Jacob Arvey. Enter, with a dust-devilish swoop, Washington's plain-spoken Hostess-with-Mostes' Perle Mesta. Grandam Mesta (to Chandler): I hear that you are running for President, but you certainly aren't taking yourself seriously, are you? "Happy" Chandler (hurt to the quick): I certainly am. I'm spending my own money, and I'm no fool...
...raiment in Spain stays mainly on the plain side; the church sees to it that feminine fashions contribute as little as possible to man's proclivity toward sin. But summertime sports like swimming and tennis present special perils, and in last week's Ecclesia, official organ of Catholic Action in Spain, Bishop Ramon Masnou of Vich warned priests of his diocese to be watchful. Wrote the bishop: "We wish to call special attention to dresses in female sports . . . Modesty must never be sacrificed in sport, nor should sport become a subterfuge for perverse exhibitionism. Bear this in mind...
Like a lot of intellectuals who worry professionally about the state of the world, Historian Russell Kirk does not much like the shape of things. In The Conservative Mind (TIME, July 6, 1953), he made it plain that American conservatives had found a gifted and sorely needed spokesman. He is young (37), he can write hardhitting prose, he is not ashamed to range himself on the side of God, custom and character, and he believes strongly in such old-fashioned virtues as duty and responsibility. His book of essays, Beyond the Dreams of Avarice, ranges in subject matter from censorship...
...title story, the honeymooners are really duelists. This is their second day on Anacapri, and poor Giacomo has got nowhere. When he asks for a kiss, he gets a peck on the cheek. Simona keeps promising better things, but it is plain that she is somehow frightened or not really in love or both. To make matters worse, she is a Communist, and Giacomo is not at all interested in politics. When they run across one of Simona's party pals, jealousy is added to discontent. That night, when the marriage is consummated, it is as though two well...